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midnight

(26,624 posts)
Fri May 4, 2012, 12:13 AM May 2012

Not only will Kathy Nickolaus be in charge,but Tabulators That Announced Wrong 'Winners' to be Used

During Palm Beach County elections, paper ballot optical-scanners made by Sequoia Voting Systems had incorrectly reported a number of candidates winning their races on Election Night, even though they'd received fewer votes than their opponents. Luckily, the failure was spotted by the Palm Beach Supervisor of Elections during a post-election spot-check of the paper ballots some days later. The correct results of the elections later were determined by a 100% hand-count of those ballots. No such post-election spot-check is carried out after elections in Wisconsin.

Dominion Voting, the Canadian firm which recently acquired Sequoia Voting Systems (and lied about it), has admitted the errors in Palm Beach were caused by programming flaws in all existing versions of their central tabulator systems, the same systems which are still used in Waukesha.
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Election expert Washburn has personally worked with Nickolaus at various times over the years, even sitting in for her during a County Executive meeting some years ago. Nonetheless, he says there will be little reason to have confidence in reported recall results out of Waukesha.

He advises that voters with concerns about results of the elections should go to polling places just before they close in order to oversee the poll closing process and the printing of results from computer tabulators at the precinct.http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9281

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jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
3. It's time to go to court, right now
Fri May 4, 2012, 12:33 AM
May 2012

It won't go anywhere, but it will shine the light in advance and provide evidence later. Demand Federal oversight ! Do something !
What in the world has American politics come to?

gateley

(62,683 posts)
4. I feel like this country has gone crazy. In the America in my mind (fantasy) when a problem like WI
Fri May 4, 2012, 12:40 AM
May 2012

Nickolaus is discovered, it's rectified. But to allow this to continue is beyond comprehension. And it happens all across the country. Do we have NO power whatsoever? Do we have NO say in things?

 

saras

(6,670 posts)
6. Anyone who personally encounters Nickolaus or one of these machines has a voice. They don't use it.
Fri May 4, 2012, 12:55 AM
May 2012

Blue Owl

(50,427 posts)
5. Wisconsin will be Nickoled and Damned
Fri May 4, 2012, 12:48 AM
May 2012

That cheating sack of sewage is just what Walker needs to eek out another "close one"...

 

usrname

(398 posts)
7. We should get someone from another country
Fri May 4, 2012, 01:18 AM
May 2012

with the caliber of a Jimmy Carter to oversee the election results in Wisconsin.

AllyCat

(16,189 posts)
8. I want to scream "I give up!" but I can't. What do we do??
Fri May 4, 2012, 01:41 AM
May 2012

Why are these people above the law? If I pulled this kind of crap at my job I would be FIRED!!! Why does this lady get a pass to do the corporations' biddings?

SWTORFanatic

(385 posts)
11. Walkersha and Washington and Ozaukee counties are
Sat May 5, 2012, 09:41 AM
May 2012

100 square miles surrounded by reality.

Actually I don't know the square miles but :p

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